Rhetoric MLK Windows Movie Maker Link:


Link to speech:
http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/mlkihaveadream.htm

Summary
  • The name of the speech was "I have a Dream"
  • Given By Martin Luther King Jr.
  • Spoken in 1963
  • Given on the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C
  • His speech was about racial Discrimination
  • He spoke about how the the United States was not giving rights to African Americans
  • Approxametly 16 min. long

About MLK
  • Born in Atlanta, Georgia, on January 15, 1929
  • He was the oldest son of the Reverend Martin Luther King
  • In September 1944,King entered the all black, Morehouse College in Atlanta
  • Married Coretta Scott in 1953
  • Helped in the planning of the Montgomery bus boycotts
  • Was president of Montgomery Improvement Association
  • founded the Southern Conference on Transportation and Non-violent Integration which dealt with segregation in transportation facilities and voter registration.
  • Fought against Jim crow laws
  • Delivered the I have a Dream speech
  • Recieved Noble Peace Prize on December 10, 1964
  • King was assasinated on April 4, 1968

S.P.A.M

S- Martin Luther King Jr.
P-To try and get equal rights for all people
A-The United States
M-Televsion, Radio, Audience member of the speech


Three Appeals Examples

Ethos-"I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as one of the greatest demonstrations of freedom in history."

Logos-"In a sense we have come to our nations capital to cash a check..."

Pathos-"This is our hope. This is our faith i go back to the south with. With this faith we will be able to hew out of the mountain of dispair a stone of hope."

Rhetoric Examples

Anaphora-"I have a dream....I have a dream....I have a dream"
The use of the same word or phrase at the beginning of several successive clauses, sentences, lines, or verses, usually
for emphasis or rhetorical effect.


Allusion-"We hold these truths to be self evident" (Emancipation Proclamtion)
An indirect reference to somebody or something

Polysyndeton-"...The sons of former slavesand the sons of former slave owners"
The use of multiple conjunctions or coordinate clauses in close succession

QUIZ
“I Have a Dream” Name_
Quiz


1) Where was the speech presented? (2pts)
a) March on Washington
b) Memphis Sit in
c) Alabama, Easter Mass
d) Gettysburg

2) What year was the speech presented? (2pts)
a) 1960
b) 1961
c) 1962
d) 1963

3) Name at least one rhetorical device used throughout the speech (2pts)
a)


4) Name three documents MLK makes allusions to? (3pts)
a)

b)
c)

5) Finish the sentence (1pt)
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created
__.'"